Polypropylenes
Materials Impact Medical Device Design Trends
June 3, 2013 2:22 pm | by Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief, MDT | Eastman Chemical Company | Articles | CommentsThere are an array of factors that impact the design of medical devices, from available components to healthcare trends. In this Roundtable presentation, participants spoke to the way in which healthcare trends are impacting material development and, as a result, how materials are then impacting medical device design.
LISTED UNDER: ABS | Acetals | Acrylics
Antimicrobial Compounds Help Designers Enhance Safety of Healthcare Applications
February 19, 2013 3:13 pm | by MDT Staff | Sabic Innovative Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsSABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today introduced powerful new tools to help medical device manufacturers reduce HCAIs among patients and clinicians. SABIC’s nine new antimicrobial compounds featuring silver technology have been tested for log reduction values – the level of microbes eliminated from a surface – according to the ISO 22196-2007 protocol.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Polymers | Polypropylenes
Plastic Solutions for Portability, Miniaturization and Sustainability of Healthcare Applications
January 16, 2013 11:03 am | Sabic Innovative Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsRecognizing the increasing prevalence of device miniaturization, a need for greater portability and a desire to find more sustainable solutions, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business will exhibit at MD&M West...
LISTED UNDER: PEEK, PEK | Polycarbonates | Polymers
5 Key Considerations for Working with Biomedical Textiles
January 2, 2013 4:28 pm | by Todd Blair | Articles | CommentsAs concerns over many implant materials, including metals, grow, medical device engineers are increasingly looking to biomedical textiles to aid in device design and implant performance. The advantages for more biomimetic functions are vast, but in order to satisfy performance requirements, there are a number of key considerations engineers must be prepared to address. Every decision, from biomaterial selection to processing technique, must be carefully assessed by a contract manufacturing partner with specialized medical textile expertise to develop a device that both delivers clinically and meets all compliance standards for regulatory approval.
LISTED UNDER: Cylinders | Nonwovens | WovensUL Acquires IDES, Launches Dynamic Plastic Search Tool Integrating Data Sheets and UL Test Results
July 26, 2012 11:53 am | News | CommentsUL, a world leader in advancing safety, announced today the acquisition of Laramie, Wyoming-based IDES, the leading informational resource for plastic material. Coinciding with the announcement, UL unveiled the next-generation version of IDES' popular Prospector online service which combines plastic materials data sheets and UL plastic identification reports...
LISTED UNDER: ABS | Acetals | Acrylics
Animal-Free Polypropylene Is USP Class VI Offering
May 18, 2011 7:20 am | Product Releases | CommentsDue to increased customer demand and a change in supplier certifications, Value Plastics, manufacturer of plastic tube fittings, has chosen to include a certified USP Class VI polypropylene as one of their core resin offerings.
LISTED UNDER: Polypropylenes | Fittings
Connectors in Nylon and Polypropylene
March 17, 2011 7:33 am | Qosina | Product Releases | CommentsQosina has teamed up with Colder Products Company to now offer their FitQuik Connectors. Available in both white and black nylon and natural polypropylene, the more than 350 fittings...
LISTED UNDER: Nylons | Polypropylenes | Fittings
Die Cut Electrical Insulations Made From Flame Retardant Polypropylene
September 1, 2010 6:23 am | Interstate Specialty Products, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThese custom die cut electrically insulated parts, that provide high dielectric strength, are flame retardant per UL94V-0 and are RoHS compliant.
LISTED UNDER: Polypropylenes | Die Cutting
